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Song Title :  Till I get there
Artist : Lupe Fiasco

1. Why did you choose this song? Why is it important to you?

I chose it because I like the song and it has more of a happy beat
2. What is the story in the lyrics?

He talks about how his record label is trying to hold him down in a sense, how he doesn't want to conform, and how some things are simply worth fighting for
3. What is the structure?

He rhymes in an A A, B B style

4. What is the emotional tone or mood?

An uplifting beat with lyrics that show determination and motivation

5. What is the message or lesson?

To let everyone know that some things are worth fighting for and you should always stand up for what you believe in


6. What is the intention of this piece of music?

To give his listeners a positive mentality

The clock winked...

The clock winked at me. Wait... what? A clock? All of the sudden two little legs and two little arms popped out of the clock as if the clock had a body. At this point I'm thinking to myself this must be a dream. Duh, clocks aren't living things. Just as that thought crossed my mind eyes popped out along with a mouth but no nose. This clock just transformed from my every day time keeper to a living thing. It was unbelievable to say the least as the little clock man began talking, making hand gestures, and moving just like you and me. He began by introducing himself as he was a very polite young clock. He said, "Hello Kyle, I'm your clock and yes I am talking to you. This whole time I am sitting on my couch with a look that says, "holy sh*t". Tickity Tock was the clocks name and right after introductions he told me an adventure awaits us. We stepped outside into the open planes of Africa as elephants ran past us. We then began to walk away from the hut that we were once in. All of the sudden a pride of lions ambushed us but we fought them off. As we were on our journey the ground disappeared under our feet. Then I woke up.

I once dreamed about...

Everybody has that dream that occurs multiple times. I use to dream this but it hasn't been dreamt in quite a while yet I can still remember it clear. It all starts like a blur and it's hard to realize what's going on at first but then the vision clears up and I'm in a castle. I wander around and the weirdest things are going on in the dream but I never realize how weird it is until I wake up. As I'm wandering there's a witch like lady who wants to kill me so I begin to run but I can't seem to run that fast. I get backed up against the castle wall where it's either be killed by the witch or jump and hope I live. All of the sudden a crocodile starts charging towards me but I can't make a decision. The next thing I know I'm in my bed falling down a very long octagonal well looking thing. Before impact I awake wondering why this dream reoccurs. It's been years now since I've had a recurrence of that dream but now I start to have new dreams instead. I have this dream where I am sky diving and I free fall for what seems like forever but I'm having fun. It's no scary dream what so ever. Then right before I perish into the ground of my dream world, I awake. Another dream that I can remember that was pretty cool was when I was like the human torch from the fantastic 4. I could take two steps forward and then jolt up into the sky and start flying. I felt like I could control my dream too which is rare. In the dream I had the most fun ever because I actually felt how it was to be able to fly and there are no words to desrcribe that feeling. When I woke up from the best dream I had ever had I was simply devistated and wished I could go back to sleep and fly one more time.

sci fi story set up

characters-
Anderson (squad leader, captain)second oldest, strongest, bravest, strategic, best shot, assault specialist, leader, cold hearted
Nilsen (captain) weapons specialist, wisest, oldest, very long male hair, "go with the flow" motto, knows his place
Schultz (sargent) smartest, intelligence specialist, very tall, clumsy, book smart not street smart, thinks hes tough
Jacobson (lieutenant) fastest, quick, recon specialist, greedy, youngest, peanut shaped head, african american, dumb, persuasive
Hanson (private) smallest, grunt, dishonest and not loyal, cocky, specializes in nothing, huge ego, addicted to cigarettes and huge pot smoker (bad short term memory), jealous
setting- New Minneapolis
conflict- if they fail to accomplish their mission the invaders will gain great strategic grounds and most likely win the war soon after New Minneapolis falls
plot- squad gets cryogenically frozen and awakes in the year 2111. First things first, they get briefed and gear up. figure out the future, set out for battle, find themselves in many rough situations, climax, (end)
climax- surrounded by invading e.t. forces in New Minneapolis (now in same spot as boise, idaho due to extreme earthquakes and plate shifts)
theme- something about bravery and friendship, have faith, believe... not quite sure yet
point of view- 3rd person

Daily Journal 3/16

I wish someone had told me... to just be me. Growing up every kid wanted to be a cool kid, do cool things, and wear cool clothes. All with the ultimate goal to be "popular". I have always found myself to be modest, not cocky but confident, and kind to everyone no matter their status at school. So I guess this isn't for me but for everyone else who thinks there's such thing as popular. Be you because that's who you are. You can't live you life being someone you aren't yet some people still try to. Looking at EVHS, the "popular" kids don't have many friends outside their group and just my opinion, I don't want to be like that. It's all opinion and I'm sure others would say differently but oh well I'm just rambling on. I wish I could send out an announcement to the world that there really isn't such thing as popular, in fact the popular kids are actually hated the most out of any group here because they think they're so cool and not to mention all the rumors that get spread about them. I prefer to have friends from every group and be that normal kid who had a good time and didn't get tied down with the cool kids partying all the time and getting in trouble. Overall just be you. Smile and don't let other things like that get to you because its not worth it. Don't worry and have no regrets. (My advice to the younger generation)

sci fi project beginning

5 pages double spaced
write in Microsoft word
cryogenically frozen for 100 years
"me" in the story
http://www.writesf.com/
futurama-
desolate wastelands and rebels/savages-
aliens-
nothingness/end of world-
different planet/planet of the "animal/creature"-
jetsons-
NWO/Illuminati takeover-
terminator (skynet)-

Daily Journal 3/15

A little Asian guy driving a shoe car. The story of the shoe car. One day Chong was in his garage and was just in a good mood feeling motivated to do something. As he was sitting there thinking he happened to look down at his shoes and think about how we use them to run and walk places and even bike too. He thought about shoes for a short while but then moved on to his next idea because he was getting no where. Next he thought about his lawn mower, rake, hose, and garage door. Yet not one idea came to him. He decided to call it a day and head in for a good night sleep. The next morning Chong awoke in what seemed like a trance. It was an idea! He thought he could use the same energy used for tire brakes on roller coasters to conserve and create more energy than ever! He pondered then wandered but he couldn't stop thinking about his shoes. He went back out into the garage, looked at his car, looked at his shoes, and then stopped. Chong said screw energy conservation, I'm making a shoe car! From that moment he began making his well thought up show car. He finally finished and got to show it off for all of China to see. Thank Chong for shoe cars! All the little kids and old nemisis' of Chong will weep when they see his all-awesome shoe car because it's so cool and who doesn't wan't one? That would be called sarcasm. lol. But in reality it's kind of cool but I wouldn't want it unless it had giant wheels for off roading and a roll cage and cockpit so your head doesn't get snapped off when you roll.

tech

http://www.toondoo.com/View.toon?param=2989385

Daily Journal 3/14

It's a perfect day to set sail today. Myself along with my posse of thugs and goons were at the bar having a good time when captain Buzzkill entered the room with his elite royal military squad. As soon as they entered everyone knew what was next. All the sudden guns went off, swords and knives came out, and punches were being thrown. We walked away victoriously and set sail immediately after. We were in the port of east Shanghai headed towards the end of the world. Every mate thought it was crazy yet our mysterious dark captain insisted we sail on. We sailed for days never ready for the long fall that awaited us but we never came to an end. We found an uninhabited world and a people that had never been seen by eye of a pirate. The world was called Bajamba and everywhere you went and looked everything lit up just like in avatar. We walked around and the people known as Bajambi's showed us the way. We feasted with them, made friends, then eventually turned on them and took over their land. We call this place America. The end.

Daily Journal 3/10

Holy s*#! that's a big rabbit. I don't know if I can even believe this picture. That rabbit looks as if it is 4 and a half feet tall, foot to ear, and probably anywhere from 50-80 pounds. Did you know rabbits could get that big because I sure as hell didn't. I have so many questions for this little old guy and this godzilla-sized rabbit. I bet all the other rabbits see that one and run away in fear. If it is real then here are my theories. 1, it is a scienctific experiment. 2, it lived off this old guys crops and just lived there unnoticed getting bigger and bigger and bigger. 3, it's the mans pet and he fed it growth hormones. The deicision is up to you I guess. I wonder where it's from and how it got that big but I figure we'll finish this prompt and forget all about the massive rabbit so... oh well. If it was mine I'd name it Thumper. My cousins have a rabbit and it just poops and sheds rabbit fur everywhere. That doesn't sounds like a fun pet to have but they are also a weird bunch of people. The one in the picture is almost as big as my dog.

Daily Journal 3/9

Spongebob is a good guy and he's pretty famous too. His last name is Squarepants because he's a sponge with a square body therefor he must wear squar pants. One day as he was on his way to work at the Krusty Krab he looked over into the jellyfish fields where something caught his attention. As he was walking a bright light shined in his eyes and he decided he was early enough to go take a look at it. As he approached the shiny object he realized it was a motorcycle owned buy the boss of a biker gang. Spongebob knew what he was dealing with and decided to move away slowly and silently. As he was backing away 3 bikers jumped out of the bushes as if it were an ambush. When spongebob tried to evade the bikers his pants got caught on the bushes and ripped off. Spongebob, fearing for his life, kept running and went to work that day without his square pants. The gang of bikers held his square pants for ransom and Spongebob being the foolish person he is said he would agree to anything and everything just for his pants. They said they wanted everything he owned and... Spongebob agreed on one condition. As long as he got to keep Gary the snail. It was agreed upon and now Spongebob is living in the back room at the Krusty Krab with his snail cooking krabby patties and doing what he loves the most.

My Poem

Living life young, wild and free
We do what we like to do
Enjoying every moment that could be

Some revolve their life around the tree
A liquid class of green, illness like the flu
Living life young, wild and free

We all have dreams to one day travel the sea
Break the norm, is that like you
to be all you can be

Living, loving, laughing and learning
that's what life is about.
Live it up like it's your last
and believe it's going to be a blast.

Daily Journal 3/4

Well I'd start off by sky diving cause I've always wanted too and as I was sky diving I would throw money everywhere to share the wealth. For pretty much everything I did I would give money out because it's an unlimited supply for me and there is nothing better than making other peoples' day. Next I would buy the fastest car available and take it out on the autobahn. I would spend some time with the ones I care about and love, obviously, but still do cool stuff. I mean I am about to die. Hopefully the Superbowl was on this day because I would want to go to a Superbowl as well. I would also have a party at the play boy mansion in my honor. I would try cliff diving and I'd spend a lot of time doing the normal fun things too. I would buy a bunch of taco bell and blizzards from dairy queen and attempt to fly a plane. I would buy a helicopter and fly it around for recreational fun and I would also buy a bunch of trees for everyone to have in memory. Then I would try jumping a giant gap on a dirt bike and then again with a snowmobile. I would also make sure I was forgiven before I passed away.

Villanelle

There is a place that nobody seems to know,
but it's sitting out in plain sight.
It is a place full of green trees and a mysterious flow.

It's a place that I've got to show.
With no chance of word getting out I just might.
As long as the whole world doesn't know.

All the time the wind would blow
but always blew so light.
That is a part of the mystery flow.

Go over the bridge look over and below.
It's deep and hidden, out of sight.
it's somewhere that nobody would know.

When you get to the meadow with grass so low
and you can start to see the light.
Then you'll begin to feel the flow.

You feel so good your skin begins to glow,
everything feels just right.
Now you can say you know
The feeling of the mystery flow.

Daily Journal 3/3

1) January 1, 2006. 2) Winning state in baseball in 2009. 3) Graduating high school (just have to wait). 4) Times at my cabin for many reasons. 5) May 19-20, 2010. 6) Meeting my best friends way back when I had no idea who they were. 7) Getting my license. 8) My first car. 9-10) I can't think/choose just 10 moments because I've had so many important moments but I can't also remember every single little detail. Later on in life it will be graduating college, getting a good salaried job, getting married, having kids, etc.

Etheree

Green
And gold
Superbowl
Taking it home
Lombardi trophy
Finally safe and sound
Returned to its rightful place
A city revived once again
Come back next year and do it once more
One, two, thirty one, and now forty five

How ridiculous I was as a...

How ridiculous I was as a youngin' was quite, well, ridiculous. I was a pretty normal kid with a good sense of humor so I guess you could say I was silly. My brother more appropriately earned the title as "goofy". One day we were in florida at the super sea world and they had every animal from manitee to octopus. We had one hell of a time mostly because of the rides they had there and especially "The Kraken" rollercoaster. I have always been more of an adrenaline junkie, I guess you could call it that, and my brother was more of a "oh look at this animal" kind of guy. When we were inside the aquarium my brother looked at the octopus and starting knocking on the glass and making goofy faces at the animal. The octopus with a sense of anger unleashed and broke through the glass wreaking havoc among the people at sea world that day. It lashed out with its tentacles and started sucking onto things and throwing and twisting them all around and in the weirdest ways. Now if you believe this story you may be more gullable than Sean Devine. But anyways, in the end everyone may have been drenched but they left that day with a story to tell. What a day at sea world. We also saw shamoo the killer whale (this part of the story is true) which was pretty cool.

Acrostic

Kyle is a good guy
Young but growing
Learning along the way
Earning his place among the rest

All day I dream about the future
Never looking back
Determined to make a name for myself
Eagerly awaiting the day I graduate
Ready to take on the next level
Simply put I cannot wait
Over the years it was a whole lot of fun
Now it's time to say goodbye to the class of double one

Daily Journal 3/1

Ways to change the world...

For starters I would expose any secret society like the free masons or Illuminati because everyone talks about them but no one knows for sure if they are real. Second I would reveal the truth to the people. We all know the government is hiding things from us but they have so much more power than any of us that none of us will ever really know the truth. The spell check on here even capitalizes the "I" in Illuminati. There are just so many clues and so much evidence pointing towards these secret societies that we'd be ignorant for not questioning them. So many people are oblivious to what's really going on in the world. For example, people in America care more about Charlie Sheen's rants and antics rather than political matters and things that ACTUALLY matter like the war and such. It just goes to show you how times and people have changed. People call others crazy for saying they believe in these secret societies, aliens, and supernatural beings but in reality there's nothing crazy about it. It's our own schools and government that taught us to put down others when they say anything "crazy" like that. It's just peoples ideas and imaginations running wild and there isn't anything wrong with that. Maybe these people actually do have experiences that seperate them from us but no one will ever know because it could be so rare. I'm not saying what I do and don't believe in but I am saying everyone needs to look at both sides before saying otherwise. The government isn't good but at the same time it isn't bad and in the end theres nothing you can do about what will and won't happen. On another note I would of course try and establish world peace and a system that the entire world could live happily under. I would break all barriers like race and religion just so everyone could live peacefully and happily without worry.

Concrete Poem

I am an even more special shape

That most people take for granted

I have four very sharp corners and

Four of the straightest possible lines

Yet I go unnoticed a lot just because

I could be 3D if I truly choose to be

You could stretch me out if you want

But then I'd be a lame rectangle so

Four 90 degree angles make me...

The easiest yet coolest shape to make

Daily Journal 2/28

The house was made of old wobbly sticks that the smurfs found in the forest. The smurf people are a very blue people that one day all hopped on the wagon to set out looking for sticks and such to build their huts out of. It was around noon/mid day and one smurf named Gabby yelled to the others. They all looked at her as she was squinting her eyes trying to see something out in the distance. They all began to notice the giant shadow emerging from the dark forest. They immediately knew what it was and began to run. It was a giant smurf eating cat! The twinkle of the smurfs tears shining in the light gave away their position to the cat as he munched away on smurfs. Only a few smurfs were lucky enough to escape and they went on to build the giant smurf kingdom we all know and love today... or in the 80's.

Sonnet

I just woke up in the morning and I gotta thank God.
No birds chirped to annoy me
But the day still seemed odd.
They say you're supposed to be all you can be,
But on days like this I wonder
How to make my day good.
I'd rather be over than under
Like everyone else should
I just can't believe,
Today was a good day.